Even so, bread, and sorrow, the world-horizon, prophecy, and the royal lineage, still leave the Christ-portrait incomplete, and Bethlehem’s story can supply the missing feature.

Over 2,000 years ago, in Bethlehem, which means “House of Bread,” in a manger, or “mangiare” in Italian which means “food,” our Lord Jesus Christ was born so we all might have life.

The Bethlehem House of Bread held a Christmas Cheer event for underprivileged children on December 7 in Van Dyk Park. Ansa Mostert, the Bethlehem House of Bread manager, and Hettie Van Zyl, a ...